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1 Rixdollar

1 Rixdollar - obverse

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Location Sri LankaCeylon (1597-1972)
Issuing institution Government of Ceylon
King George III (1796-1820)
Type Banknotes
Year 1814
Value 1 Rixdollar
Currency Rixdollar (1796-1828)
Composition Paper
Size 193 × 112 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized 1 September 1830
Number
N#
572526

Obverse

Black print.

Seated Britannia within laurel wreath at upper left.

Scripts: Latin, Sinhala, Tamil

Lettering:
පතාග එකයි
இறையால ஒருறு
COLOMBO 1st September 1814
The Government of Ceylon promise to pay
to the Bearer on demand the Sum of ONE
Rix Dollar in Copper Money at the Exchange
of Forty Eight Stivers for One Rix Dollar on
presenting this at the General Treasury.
RIX
DOLLAR.
ONE
COLOMBO
Extd & Entd.

Translation: One rixdollar.

Reverse

Blank.

Printer

Silvester & Company (Silvester & Co), London, United Kingdom

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1814-Sep-01 

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